Hook and eye.



No. 784,710. PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905. G. G. TANDY.

HOOK AND BYE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19. 1902. RENEWED JUNE 28. 1904.

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9% By E ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,710, datedlvliarch14, 1905.

Application filed June 19, 1902. Renewed June 28, 1904. Serial No.214.497.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I. GEORGE G. TANDY, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco andState of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hooks and eyes, the object of my invention beingto provide a hook and eye which can be readily attached to a garment ina firm manner without injuring the cloth and so as to admit ofconveniently hooking together.

My invention therefore resides in the novel construction, combination,and arrangement of parts for the above ends, hereinafter fullyspecified, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hook ofmy improved construction. Fig. 2 is a similar view of an eye. Fig. 3 isa plan view of the hook and eye attached to the cloth. Figs. 4, 5, and 6are similar views of a modified form of my device.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the hook comprises twoportionsa hook or engaging portion 1 and a pin portion 2, by means ofwhich the hook is secured to the cloth. The hook portion 1 is formed ofa piece of wire bent at the middle to form a hook 3, as shown, the sidesthen diverging, as shown at 4, and then extending in parallel shanks 5.The ends of said shanks are then turned back upon themselves, one endaway from the hook, as shown at 6, and the other end in the plane of thetwo shanks and away from the other shank and then bent back toward theshank to form a loop 7. The pin portion is formed of a piece of wirewhich comprises a central portion 8, which lies along one of the shanksof the hook, being then bent into two eyes 9, which surround said shankand then extend in two parallel prongs across the hook, as shown at 10,the ends of said prongs being pointed for the purpose of penetrating thecloth. The eye. of the prong which is farthest from the hook passesaround the wire within the loop 7 and is limited in its movement by saidloop. The pin portion thus has a sliding movement to and from the hookproper limited by the size of the loop 7. The end of this prongafterbeing passed through the cloth is received within the bent portion6 of the shank of the hook.

The eye is formed in precisely the same manner, the only ditlerencebeing in the shape of the part which forms the eye as distinguished fromthat of the hook portion of the hook.

In operation the two prongs of the pin are passed into the cloth and outagain, the hook being pushed back as far as permitted by the size of theloop 7 and the end of the bent portion 6 being then passed over the wireprong and pushed down upon the cloth. The hook is drawn forward so thatsaid bent portion 6 passes underneath the prong, and the hook is firmlysecured in place. The eye is attached in a similar manner.

In Figs. 4:, 5, and 6 is shown a modification of the invention in whichthe wire of the pin is bent around the side of the hook or eye in adilferent direction from that of the form shown in Figs. 1, 2., and 3.

In the ordinary hook and eye attached by stitches to the cloth it iscustomary to attach the hook at two places to the cloth, one through thesmall eyes or loops at the end of the hook and then again at a pointnearthe hook proper. This is necessary in order to hold the hook snuglyagainst the cloth to permit of conveniently hooking the garment.Similarly with the eye. My invention attains the same object na'mely,the securing of the hook or eye to the cloth at two points of itslength. This is obtained by making the pin with two prongs, one of whichis near the point of the hook or the hook proper and the other at theother end. Also in order to make a satisfactory hook and eye which canbe attached to the cloth without stitching it is necessary to provide aconstruction by which the pull upon the cloth will be distributedthroughout a considerable extent thereof transversely of the hook oreye. This I accomplish by arranging the pins transversely of the cloth,so that the pull upon the hook or eye is resisted by the whole eX- tentof the cloth which covers the pins or prongs. Therefore by arranging thepins transversely of the hook or eye and by providing two pins or prongsfor the hook and likewise for the, eye, one pin being near the rear endof the hook and the other near the front end or hook proper, I provide aconstruction both durable and convenient.

1 claim 1. A hook-and-eye member comprising an engaging portion havingtwo shanks, and a pin having two prongs both pivoted on one of saidshanks and extending transversely of said shank across to the othershank and being engaged thereby, substantially as described.

2. A hook-and-eye member for attachment to the cloth without stitchingcomprising an engaging portion proper having two shanks spaced from eachother, and a pin portion comprising two prongs spaced from each other,and pivoted on one of said shanks and extending transversely thereof tothe other shank, said shank having means for engaging one of saidprongs, substantially'as described.

3. A hook-and-eye member for attachment to cloth without stitchingcomprising an engaging portion having two shanks spaced from each other,and a pin portion comprising two l prongs spaced from each other andpivoted on l one of said shanks and movable longitudinally thereon, saidprongs extending transversely of said shanks across to the other shank,said latter shank having means for en gaging one of said prongs,substantially as described.

at. A hook-and-eye member for attachment to cloth without stitchingcomprising an engaging portion having two shanks spaced from each other,and a pin portion comprising two prongs spaced from each other andpivoted on one of said shanks and movable longitudinally thereon, saidshank having a loop limiting the longitudinal movement of said prongs.said prongs extending transversely of said shanks across to the othershank, said latter shank having means for engaging one of said prongs,substantially as described.

in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witncsses.

GEORGE (Jr. TANDY. 1

l u l \V1tnesses:

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, BESSIE GORFINKEL.

